ARC Raiders Key Room Tier List: Best Keys to Use vs Hurricane Runs
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- 03/13/26
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This retest made one thing very clear: not every Hurricane run is automatically better, and not every higher-rarity key is worth saving. The rooms that matter most are the ones with strong value, fast looting, and manageable risk. A few are incredible. A few are overrated. And a couple are just bait.
- How the Keys Were Ranked
- Full Tier List
- Best Key Rooms
- Dam Control Tower
- Buried City Town Hall
- Stella Montis Medical Storage
- Dam Staff Room
- Stella Montis Archives
- Strong A-Tier Keys
- Dam Surveillance
- Dam Controlled Access Zone
- Residential Master
- JKV Employee
- Spaceport Warehouse
- North Trench Tower
- Mid-Tier Keys
- Testing Annex
- Buried City Hospital
- Blue Gate Village
- Blue Gate Cellar / Communication Tower
- Assembly Admin
- Security Checkpoint
- Keys to Avoid
- Spaceport Ground Control Tower
- Spaceport Container Storage
- Blue Gate Confiscation Room
- Day vs Hurricane
- Hurricane clearly helped:
- Day was still perfectly fine for:
- Simple rule:
- Best Keys by Playstyle
- If you are low on keys
- If you want the highest upside
- If you mostly play solo
- FAQ
- What is the best key room right now?
- What is the best green key?
- Is Hurricane always better?
- What is the worst key room?
- Final Takeaway
↖ How the Keys Were Ranked
We judged each room by four things:
- Total profit
- Key rarity
- Contest/risk level
- Loot efficiency
That matters because a blue key should clearly outperform a green key, and an epic key should feel premium. If it doesn't, it drops.
↖ Full Tier List
| Tier | Key Rooms |
|---|---|
| S | Dam Control Tower, Buried City Town Hall, Stella Montis Medical Storage, Dam Staff Room, Stella Montis Archives |
| A | Dam Surveillance, Dam Controlled Access Zone, Residential Master, JKV Employee, Spaceport Warehouse, North Trench Tower |
| B | Testing Annex, Buried City Hospital, Blue Gate Village, Blue Gate Cellar, Communication Tower, Assembly Admin, Security Checkpoint |
| C | Spaceport Ground Control Tower |
| D | Spaceport Container Storage, Blue Gate Confiscation Room |
↖ Best Key Rooms
These are the keys we'd actively keep and prioritize.

↖ Dam Control Tower
- Nearly 200,000 total profit
- Best overall key room in the test
- Hurricane is clearly the best mode
This is the current gold standard. If you have this key, try to save it for Hurricane.

↖ Buried City Town Hall
- Around 165,954 Coins
- High loot volume, high ceiling
- Still one of the best epic keys in the game

↖ Stella Montis Medical Storage
- A huge overperformer for a green key
- Compact, efficient, and consistently rewarding
- One of the best value keys overall

↖ Dam Staff Room
- Almost 110,000 Coins
- Excellent for a green key
- Small room, fast loot, strong reward

↖ Stella Montis Archives
- Nearly 150,000 Coins
- Better than its reputation
- Strong loot density and great upside
↖ Strong A-Tier Keys
↖ Dam Surveillance
- About 89,054 Coins
- Very strong for a green key
- Much better in Hurricane
↖ Dam Controlled Access Zone
- 100,000+ Coins
- Strong blue key
- Efficient room with good value
↖ Residential Master
- Best used at Grandioso Apartments
- Flexible key, but that location is the best
- Strong green key overall
↖ JKV Employee
- Around 92,000 Coins
- Compact and easy to loot
- Quietly one of the better green keys
↖ Spaceport Warehouse
- About 104,000 Coins
- Day and Hurricane were both good
- Very solid everyday key
↖ North Trench Tower
- About 116,000 Coins
- North is better than South
- Rooftop weapon case gives it real value
↖ Mid-Tier Keys
These are still usable, but they come with trade-offs.
↖ Testing Annex
- About 91,077 Coins
- Good room, but only slightly better than top green keys
- That makes it underwhelming for a blue key
↖ Buried City Hospital
- Much better in Hurricane
- Day raid results were weak
- Fine situationally, not a priority
↖ Blue Gate Village
- Decent green key
- Small and easy to loot
- Just not especially explosive
↖ Blue Gate Cellar / Communication Tower
- Both are solid blue keys
- Neither does enough to push into A tier
↖ Assembly Admin
- Value is okay
- Risk and awkward angles drag it down
↖ Security Checkpoint
- Feels weaker than before
- Still usable, but no longer special
↖ Keys to Avoid
↖ Spaceport Ground Control Tower
- About 82,830 Coins
- Not awful, just too average for a blue key
↖ Spaceport Container Storage
- About 61,000 Coins
- Four entrances, awkward to hold, weak returns
- One of the easiest keys to regret using
↖ Blue Gate Confiscation Room
- Worst key room in the test
- Epic rarity, red zone, contested area
- Reward does not match the risk at all
↖ Day vs Hurricane
This is where a lot of players overgeneralize.
↖ Hurricane clearly helped:
- Dam Control Tower
- Dam Surveillance
- Buried City Hospital
↖ Day was still perfectly fine for:
- Residential Master
- Spaceport Warehouse
- Several compact green-key rooms
↖ Simple rule:
- Epic keys / high-ceiling rooms → prefer Hurricane
- Small, efficient green rooms → Day is usually fine
- Risky rooms with low scaling → don't force Hurricane
↖ Best Keys by Playstyle
↖ If you are low on keys
Prioritize:
1. Dam Staff Room
2. Stella Montis Medical Storage
3. Dam Surveillance
4. JKV Employee
5. Spaceport Warehouse
↖ If you want the highest upside
Prioritize:
1. Dam Control Tower
2. Buried City Town Hall
3. Stella Montis Archives
4. Controlled Access Zone
↖ If you mostly play solo
Stick to compact rooms:
- Dam Surveillance
- Dam Staff Room
- JKV Employee
- Warehouse
- Medical Storage
Small rooms are simply easier to control, loot, and leave.
↖ FAQ
↖ What is the best key room right now?
Dam Control Tower is the best overall key room from this test.
↖ What is the best green key?
Top green keys were:
- Stella Montis Medical Storage
- Dam Staff Room
- Stella Montis Archives
- Dam Surveillance
↖ Is Hurricane always better?
No. Some rooms scale very well in Hurricane, but others were surprisingly close to Day.
↖ What is the worst key room?
Blue Gate Confiscation Room was the worst room relative to its rarity and risk.
↖ Final Takeaway
The main lesson here is simple: rarity does not guarantee value.
The best key rooms tend to share three things:
- fast loot
- stable Coins
- manageable risk
That's why rooms like Dam Control Tower, Town Hall, and Medical Storage rise to the top, while rooms like Container Storage and Confiscation Room fall apart in practice.
| Priority | Keys |
|---|---|
| Must Keep | Dam Control Tower, Town Hall, Medical Storage |
| Very Strong | Staff Room, Archives, Surveillance, Warehouse |
| Good | JKV, Residential Master, North Trench Tower, Controlled Access Zone |
| Situational | Ground Control Tower, Hospital, Testing Annex |
| Avoid | Container Storage, Confiscation Room |
The real question is not which key looks expensive. It's which key is actually worth spending in a live raid.
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